Horse Meat On Sale

Looks like Horse meat will be on Sale over at HotKarz, the beating its getting will make it very tender. Yes, he's still thrashing Telstar, and from the amount of E-Mails I've Received from the people that went, it deserves every lick.

As always Bill makes some excellent points and rightly so as he was there and with that the discussion about Telstar is done. I didn't go, I was at Hebron.

But I will discuss Car Shows in General.

Are they really Car Shows, or are they more of a Wax Competition. You know, who is cleanest or shiniest, has a vacuum that can out suck ... well we won't go there. But you see how the perception can alter the way we look at it.

Aren't most peer vote shows a Popularity Contest or in some cases an Ass Kissing Contest. In Combination with shiny paint and a firm handshake I dare say that with the right flavored lip balm even I could get an award. We all know that scenario ain't going to happen. You can see how that could work though don't you.

Judged shows are a joke, at least around here. With the talent pool ranging from wet behind the ear kids and volunteer Fireman to Used Car Salesmen and a plumber, it's no wonder a judged show is a joke.

So we don't have a show in the sense of just showing, we have competitions. As one of the many meanings of the word "show" the first one found as a verb at Dictionary.com says; to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display. Nothing mentioned even remotely close to competition in any of the meanings that I found.

After going to several National Events IE Atlantic Nationals in Moncton or the Northeast Nats in Burlington and seeing how certain awards are given to really deserving people the one dominate thing is this. Out of the 1600 or more cars that show up at these "Shows" only about 50 clean/kiss ass so that they can get a "PRO'S " pick. Which is a manufacturers representative, who use to be a wet behind the ears kid, who picks a car to best advertise their product. Such as a PPG award for "best use of color" goes to a really good paint job even if its Dupont or House of Kolor. The rep can't tell what brand, hell, he just dropped the part time pizza delivery job last week.

The other awards are given to both the car and the owner. Great Car with an Asshole of an owner, no awards. You have to deserve the award not just kiss ass for it. You built it, you drove it, you helped out a friend building his, and you promote the hobby where ever you go. Even if your vehicle is slightly better than average or even less you stand a better chance at getting an award than an Ass Kisser.

So now we have competitions on the weekend and car shows during the week at cruise nights because that is a public display not a competition. What we did at Togus was a "show" for the veterans.

Or as the Dominance of props at the weekend Competitions increases, we might be able to actually call them Car Productions.

Now I need a recipe for Horse...Maybe meatloaf.